Rocky Mount

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Rocky Mount is a city situated within the coastal plains of North Carolina State. Rocky Mount is around 45 minutes from the state capital, Raleigh. The city of Rocky Mount was given an All-America City Award by the National Civic League. The city's population is approximately 57,010. It is situated within Edgecombe and Nash counties.

The city of Rocky Mount is the largest city and principle city in the Rocky Mount Metropolitan Statistical Area. Rocky Mount also belongs to the Combined Statistical Area that consists of both Wilson and Rocky Mount Metropolitan Areas. The entire CSA has a population of more than 200,000 residents.

The region was initially settled in the early 19th century, but it wasn't until 1867, when the town was incorporated. During 1907, Rocky Mount officially became a city and Rocky Mount's very first post office was established in 1816 at the Tar River Falls. The town gets its name from the ledges along the Tar River. During the year 1818 one of North Carolina's very first cotton mills, Rocky Mount Mills, was established there. The town of Battleboro merged with Rocky Mount in the year 1996.

The city of Rocky Mount has a rapidly growing arts scene which consists of an Arts Center and the Imperial Centre for Arts & Sciences. This facility houses a Community Theater and Children's Museum & Science Center. Rocky Mount boasts many parks, like Meadowbrook Park, Sunset Park and Buck Leonard Park. The city of Rocky Mount provides a range of shopping centers including Raleigh Road Shopping Center, Tarrytown Mall, Edgecombe Park Shopping Center, Englewood Square Shopping Center, Golden East Crossing Shopping Center and Oakwood Shopping Center. Each and every year, the DownEast Festival and Rocky Mount Agricultural fair draw residents and visitors alike.

The city of Rocky Mount has a diverse industrial sector, which consists of manufacturers of pharmaceuticals, furniture, textiles, fabricated metals and chemicals. The finance sector is also quite strong in Rocky Mount. The leading areas of employment in the city are healthcare, educational services, construction, manufacturing, and accommodation, food services, social assistance and finance and insurance. The head office of Barcalounger, a prominent furniture manufacturer, is situated within Rocky Mount. Rocky Mount once had the largest bright-leaf tobacco market within the world.

The estimated median household income within the city of Rocky Mount was $40,000 during the year 2007. Professional and management occupations make up about 27% of job positions. Approximately 23 percent of the city population is employed in sales and office occupations. Roughly 19 percent of the workforce is involved in material moving, production and transportation jobs.